--- David Willmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Keith Whitwell wrote: > > OK, maybe I'm getting carried away. > > > > But as I see it, there aren't many people in total on dri_devel+dri_users. > > The only people who can really answer dri_users questions are on dri_devel > > anyway. Why have two lists? > > > > There aren't a great number of dri_users questions anyway and a good > > percentage of them probably should be on dri_devel as it stands now > (they're > > proper bugs, or whatever). > > > > So, I guess I still think the second list: > > - doesn't serve it's intended audience well > > - doesn't save us any time (except by making it easier to ignore users). > > > > But, I don't feel anywhere near as strongly about this as about the > > sourceforge bug tracker. I can live with either outcome. > > I guess what I'd like to say is that there is reason to have dri-users and > dri-devel > seperate as they have different uses. dri-users is more for startup and > newbie > questions. dri-devel is for developers to converse. And, yes, there should > be a > crowd of 'power users' spanning the bridge, but that takes time to develop. > I'm > starting to feel comfortable enough with the DRI to be able to help out over > there and I only expect that to increase. The re-write of the web pages > should > help, as well. The recent discussion on what the data/call flow charts > should > look like--if captured on the web site--would be an invaluable resource to > get > more 'power users' bootstrapped. > > So, I'd recommend that things keep on like they have been. Keep the lists > as they are. Update the web site. Distribute some point release betas of > code (not just nightly tar balls or CVS--those are almost useless to the > would be power user). Announce the code releases. Having an almost un- > documented web page with nightly tarballs or anon CVS access is pretty user- > hostile. > > Now that T&L is merged, how about a point beta? Shake up the dri-users. > Sounds like the Mach64 code hand grenade just got the pin put back in-- > how about a point beta? > > Oh, and I have an nVidia Riva ZX that nVidia doesn't care to support. Anyone > want it? Nice little 8M AGP card looking for a loving developer... ;) > > Cheers, > David > I'd like to see some point releases as it sits now I just take a weekly snapshot whenever I get the chance. It would be nice to know if there is some new feature just added that I should test, dri-devel gives me this. As for dri-users I like having them both. I however can't see having both dri-users and SFBT.
I can start answering questions posted to dri-users, should I also keep an eye on the SFBT? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
